攀登 in California by David Jefferson

The climbing is acceptable, the lack of an anchor, less so.

I had flashbacks of Kangaroo Point with every move 😛

Quite nice, techy slabbing actually. If only it were longer.

With all the polish, jamBing the crack instead of laybacking is definitely the way to go!

Might have done this one years ago, but I have no record or recollection of it so I’ll call it an onsight. A bit insecure down low, then a jug haul.

So weird, and somehow awesome. Like climbing on melted wax!

Felt a fair bit harder than .10a, especially given that its neighbour is graded .10b.

Wetness at the bottom made the start feel rather tricky.

Cleaning.

Basically a roped boulder problem, but it’s a gooder!

Quite nice, although felt a fair bit easier than the other .10 on this wall. Great jamBing up top!

Not amazing, but the rock quality on the head wall is solid.

This route reminds me how much I love climbing on granite and how sorely deprived of god’s stone I am these days. A solid dollop of excellent holds and moves.

Bit of a one move wonder, but good nonetheless.

Good quality line at the grade.

A bit wandery, would be interesting to do on gear.

Quite nice and balancey.

Apparently I did this one years ago, but seemed new again today. Good fun!

This thing is super high quality and just doesn't let up! I thought that there were two distinct cruxes; one down low on pockets to a couple of hard moves, another higher rounding the bulge to the slab. It'd take some work to send this fine line...too bad I live about 7500 miles away!

Felt significantly easier than .11c...

Didn't get the red point, but was able to eventually do the crux clean on TR. Great line, worth returning for.

Fell at the crux last move on a couple of burns. Need to return when fresh!

Dogged my way up. Good and sustained line - it'd make a good project!

Very nice line. Good rests and a fairly hard crux move for the grade.

Stiff warm up!

Nice to get on this line at the end of the day as a cool down. Been years since I did it.

Decent line, though not super sustained. Fell once at the crux on the onsight attempt.